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[deleted] t1_j982vt7 wrote

Reply to comment by WithoutReason1729 in "Starlink is far crazier than most people realize. Feels almost inevitable when I look at this" by maxtility

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WithoutReason1729 t1_j983evh wrote

Tesla I'm back and forth on. It's impressive and I wish them well but ultimately I think the major car manufacturers are doing a better job than he is and that Tesla is overvalued.

Neuralink and any company that wants to implant devices in people is an immediate no from me. It's a horrifying privacy nightmare.

OpenAI is really cool. I actually use it on this account to generate advice in /r/needadvice. Check my post history haha. Overall I like them as a company but I'm very disappointed they went closed-source in spite of open literally being in the name. With that being said though, their newer models are impossible to run on consumer grade hardware anyway so I'd be paying somebody API usage fees and so I don't mind that it's them.

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[deleted] t1_j984o1m wrote

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WithoutReason1729 t1_j985wtp wrote

Yeah, but not being able to avoid interfacing with the tech, even if I'm not forced at gunpoint to get it, I still find that unpalatable. If he wasn't the one behind it, I'd still dislike it exactly as much.

I feel the same way about the rise of smart phones and about the sudden popularity of cloud-enabled front door security cameras. Even without participating, there's a you-shaped hole missing from the surveillance state and you're implicitly tracked through that.

As for how external devices are less invasive, they're less invasive because I can disable them, walk away from them, turn them off. Something stuck inside my head and directly interfacing with my brain is way more invasive.

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[deleted] t1_j986hfb wrote

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WithoutReason1729 t1_j988akt wrote

It's inevitable but I still don't like it and I don't think I ever will, honestly.

Also I don't believe it will be fully controlled by the end user. We've been heading in the direction of less and less control over our own electronics for a long time now and I don't see why that trend would stop, given that it's clearly more profitable and most people don't mind giving up the control. Especially given that you can't just get rid of your own brain implant in the same way that you can install a new OS on a computer or toss it in the trash if you really hate it.

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AllCommiesRFascists t1_j9j3zw5 wrote

> I think the major car manufacturers are doing a better job

Which ones and in what way?

> I’m very disappointed they went closed-source in spite of open literally being in the name.

Elon is disappointed in this too apparently

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